This easy-level worksheet has students sort items into categories, fill in blanks, and answer true or false questions to practice main idea & supporting details skills.
It includes 10 questions across 3 sections for focused practice.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Dogs love to play fetch.Cats like to nap in the sun.Dogs can learn many tricks.Birds build nests in trees.Dogs wag their tails when happy.Frogs live near ponds.
About Dogs
Not About Dogs
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The main idea tells what a passage is mostly about.
2. Supporting details give facts and examples about the main idea.
3. A good reader looks for the main idea at the beginning or end of a paragraph.
4. A sentence that does not match the main idea is called off-topic.
5. The topic of a passage is the one-word subject, like dogs or cats.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The main idea and the topic of a passage are the same thing.
True False
2. A paragraph about dogs should only have sentences about dogs.
True False
3. You can find the main idea by asking what the passage is mostly about.
True False
4. A passage can only have one supporting detail.
True False
Main Idea & Supporting Details
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Dogs love to play fetch.Cats like to nap in the sun.Dogs can learn many tricks.Birds build nests in trees.Dogs wag their tails when happy.Frogs live near ponds.
About Dogs
Not About Dogs
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The main idea tells what a passage is mostly about.
2) Supporting details give facts and examples about the main idea.
3) A good reader looks for the main idea at the beginning or end of a paragraph.
4) A sentence that does not match the main idea is called off-topic.
5) The topic of a passage is the one-word subject, like dogs or cats.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) The main idea and the topic of a passage are the same thing.
True
False
2) A paragraph about dogs should only have sentences about dogs.
True
False
3) You can find the main idea by asking what the passage is mostly about.
True
False
4) A passage can only have one supporting detail.
True
False
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10 Questions
15-20 minutes
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